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rurallib

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7. the instability they have put into marketplace may bode for a bad holiday season

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 09:19 PM

Oct 2013

talk of shutdowns will be heavy again around Christmas and I think many (me & Mrs Lib) may be waiting to see how it plays out before they spend money they may need to save for later.

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Retail Traffic Down 7% During Shutdown: Report [View all] Sherman A1 Oct 2013 OP

Anecdotal, grain monger was complaining traffic is really down nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #1

Gosh, if the repubs had only held on... Turbineguy Oct 2013 #2

Closer to 15-20% for my small business JCMach1 Oct 2013 #3

but i thought with less govt private businesss would do better ? JI7 Oct 2013 #4

I skipped the word retail karadax Oct 2013 #5

Seems Republicans wake up every day scheming to see how they can inflict more harm to our indepat Oct 2013 #6

the instability they have put into marketplace may bode for a bad holiday season rurallib Oct 2013 #7